Ken Shibusawa

Ken Shibusawa founded Shibusawa and Company, Inc. in 2001, a strategic advisory firm focused on alternative investments, ESG/SDGs alignment, and human resource development. In 2008, he also founded Commons Asset Management, a mutual fund dedicated to delivering long-term investment opportunities to Japanese households and promoting a long-term perspective in investment.

Ken has extensive market experience at JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs, as well as Moore Capital, a global macro hedge fund, where he served as Representative Managing Director of the Tokyo Office. Through his investment and advisory work, he has been actively engaged in advancing responsible investment and the alignment of capital with long-term economic and societal goals. He is a Director of Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives) and a Steering Committee member of UNDP SDG Impact.

A published author, Ken writes frequently in magazines, journals, and internet media on investment, economic, and societal issues. He was educated in the United States from second grade through college, earning a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas in 1983, and later an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1987.